Top 10 Unfortunate Comments of the Clintons
Published on September 5, 2007 - 30 Comments
Bill and Hillary Clinton are generally quoted in the media with well-formed comments. At times, though, they completely abandon those in exchange for gems like these… (NOTE: as we are politically unbiased, we also have a top 10 unfortunate comments of George Bush).
1. US Chamber of Commerce
We have a lot of kids who don’t know what works means. They think work is a four-letter word.
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), speaking to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, May 2006
2. Comment on subpoenaed documents
I’m not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president.
First Lady Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents in 1998
3. To a Representative
We just can’t trust the American people to make those types of choices … Government has to make those choices for people.
First Lady Hillary Clinton commented to Representative Dennis Hastert, R-Ill, regarding her national health care plan and the issue of who should oversee the distribution of funds, 1993
4. National Press Club
I have said that I’m not running and I’m having a great time being pres — being a first-term senator.
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), commenting on her presidential ambitions when speaking at the National Press Club, July 20, 2001
5. In Court
It depends on what the meaning of the words ‘is’ is.
President Bill Clinton, in his grand jury testimony concerning the Monica Lewinsky affair, August 17, 1998
6. In Court
I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.
President Bill Clinton, denying the relationship that he later revealed to have occurred, January 26, 1998
7. Inaugural Address
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
President Bill Clinton, during his inaugural address, January 20, 1993
8. Philadelphia
You know the one thing that’s wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say.
President Bill Clinton, addressing a crowd in the Courtyard, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA, May 28, 1993
9. USA Today
We can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.
President Bill Clinton, as quoted in USA TODAY, 11 March 1993, page 2A
10. Black Entertainment Television
African-Americans watch the same news at night that ordinary Americans do.
President Bill Clinton on Black Entertainment Television, November 2, 1994
Contributor: Lindsay Baker
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1. Justin Anthony Knapp - September 5th, 2007 at 7:51 am
I don’t see what’s so scandalous about “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”
2. jfrater - September 5th, 2007 at 7:54 am
Justin: to be honest I don’t think it is particularly strange either.
3. Bill Coffin - September 5th, 2007 at 8:52 am
Okay, I think it is hilarious that the moment I clicked on this thread, what did I find? A nice ad for supporting Barrack Obama. Talk about turning the knife!
4. jfrater - September 5th, 2007 at 9:23 am
haha - obviously obama has the money to buy all the right keywords
5. chris hay - September 5th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”
This is hilarious because Clinton’s are FAR LEFT Liberals. They are not on the RIGHT, the conservative right. The underlying meaning is that the Left can not fix anything, but the Right can.
6. Pat - September 5th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
thats right Chris - now everyone who didn’t get it please take a moment to blush…double blush if you happen to be an American citizen….
7. jfrater - September 6th, 2007 at 12:55 am
chris: oh! Haha - I get it. Duh
8. 80toy - September 6th, 2007 at 9:09 am
some of those quotes great, especially the one about health care.
Mrs. Hillary “Robo-b*tch” Clinton should to pull that Snuke out of her Snizz. jk.
9. Sean - September 28th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
hmmmm. Google-Ads knows to not give me an advert for a Democrat candidate — a very wise effect, on the part of their designers.
So, should we say that H. has already served two terms in office?
10. jfrater - September 28th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Sean: Google is all-knowing
11. Sean the pyro - October 9th, 2007 at 10:23 am
8 and 9 are classic. This is exactly why I usually vote republican. This surprises many of my friends since I tend to be pretty liberal on social issues but the single most important issue to me is FREEDOM!!!! Give me a democrat that doesn’t want to infringe on my personal liberties and I might actually vote for them but until that day, for all of the republican party’s many problems, I will take a crackpot like W. any day.
12. Cherry - October 14th, 2007 at 10:14 am
so is it fair to say Hillary is almost as jacked up as bush?
13. alsdhl - October 16th, 2007 at 3:03 am
Compare and contrast with the Bush quotes.
Sean, you are what’s wrong with this country.
Infringe on your liberties? You idiot!?!? 2 words Habeas Corpus.
Name one liberty that Clinton infringed upon????
14. Sean the pyro - October 18th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Go back and read 8 and 9 again. Hey I am no Bush fan either but I will take him over Gore anyday. I really didn’t mind Clinton all that much, fortunately he was too inept to cause too much harm.
15. Sean the pyro - October 18th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Oh, and read this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_Corpus
Lincoln did it and Clinton was the first person to limit Habeas Corpus since the Civil War.
If you want to throw facts at me, get them right first.
16. Muggs - October 20th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
“We have a lot of kids who don’t know what works means. They think work is a four-letter word.”
This isn’t an unfortunate quote. It means that kids think that work is a bad thing.
17. Oscar - November 15th, 2007 at 6:36 am
Muggs: But “work” *does* have four letters… the quote is technically not wrong, but it’s open to ridicule.
18. miss_ali1984 - December 20th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Several of these are actually not errors, and the point is still pretty clear. When Hillary said that “work” is a four letter word, I think she meant that in the sense that they think it is foul, or something undesirable. Like that song “Friend is a Four Letter Word” from Cake. You’ve heard that phrase before, right?
Not that I would vote for her. There’s a shifty look in that woman’s eye.
19. Mike - January 21st, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I cannot believe how many people cut off the end of quote #9 to change its meaning completely. The full quote is “We can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary americans to legitimately own handguns and rifles”.
It is a quote about gun control and how much time we spend worrying about it. He’s basically saying “we need to stop arguing about guns because its taking time and attention away from much greater issues.”
But…look anywhere on the net and the quote is cut off and used as new world order propaganda and bill clinton is labeled as a socialist.
Look im no fan of the clintons but people need to know the full quote, and recognize what that quote actually is about.
20. davo - February 21st, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Americans need guns. What else are they going to use when they want to shoot up unversities and high schools?
21. Deerulsejub - February 24th, 2008 at 5:48 am
I anytime ran my gender up and digitally her insertions as I smelled her sex.
22. Mike - February 25th, 2008 at 11:45 am
I have to laugh every time I see the assertion that the Clintons are “far left liberals”. These folks have obviously never met a far left liberal! (I happen to be one, on most issues, anyway, and was never a big fan of Bill Clinton) When I think far left, I think Kucinich or Bernie Sanders. Interestingly, they’d both be considered fairly moderate througout Europe, Canada, Australia… Bill Clinton is a member of the centrist faction of the Democratic Party. And Al Gore used to be known mainly as one of the most hawkish Dems in Congress! Our political spectrum in the U.S. is so skewed to the right that a true left-winger would never stand a chance in a national general election. Just because Mr. Limbaugh and his clones characterize someone as a radical leftist doesn’t necessarily make it so…
23. Bumpo - February 25th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
“Americans need guns. What else are they going to use when they want to shoot up unversities and high schools?”
You’re right. It’s not like those shooters are willing to break the law or anything.
24. Ghidoran - March 17th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
What about:-
“I am honoured to be with Barack Obama”
“Shame on you Barack Obama!”
25. Csimmons - April 10th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Honestly, who wouldn’t wanted to have had “sexual relations” with Monika Lewinsky?
26. beep - April 18th, 2008 at 4:13 am
this is funnier than the Bush list! LOL! nice work!
27. ixora05 - June 10th, 2008 at 9:47 am
this list is hilarious…
Every political candidate has their skeletons, their embarrassing non sequiturs and their contradictions. But the one thing about Hillary Clinton that scares me the most:
look carefully at her in the first picture, next to Bill. Then look at her again in the second picture on her own. In the course of those years, Senator Clinton has changed so much that you can barely recognise her as the same woman. Allowing for age and all–there is no constancy (is that a word? gosh) with this woman. It makes me uncomfortable.